2020 The World Paused

Things that keep us busy during COVID-19

During the pandemic, we have tried to entertain ourselves, since all the TV Programs have to stop with the exceptions of our daily news.

 YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment, and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. A lot of people became the so-called YouTube Sensations or Youtubers. Even before the pandemic a lot of people were already using and earning money through YouTube.              

But during the Pandemic it became more popular.

Tik Tok (formerly known as musical.ly) is a social media platform for creating, sharing, and discovering short music videos, think Karaoke for the digital age. The app musical.ly was used by young people as an outlet to express themselves through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing. TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. The social media platform is used to make a variety of short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, that have a duration from 3 to 60 seconds.

During the Pandemic people went crazy to Tik Tok.

Netflix is a subscription-based streaming service that allows our members to watch TV shows and movies without commercials on an internet-connected device. You can also download TV shows and movies to your iOS, Android, or Windows 10 device and watch without an internet connection. Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top content platform and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California. Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California

Zoom is a cloud-based video communications app that allows you to set up virtual video and audio conferencing, webinars, live chats, screen-sharing, and other collaborative capabilities. You don't need an account to attend a Zoom meeting, and the platform is compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android, meaning nearly anyone can access it.

Even if you don't work from home, you've probably heard of Zoom. In light of the coronavirus crisis, the video conferencing app has become the standard for connecting with others face-to-face virtually in both business and personal settings.

House Plants Collecting houseplants have been a growing trend over the past couple of years. Recently though there's been a boom in indoor plant sales ignited by the COVID-19 pandemic as many have said they are finding comfort, routine, and community through this hobby. Nobody anticipated the situation we would all be in.

Millennials and Gen Zers have been dubbed the "plant-crazy generations" as they've been the main demographics driving the increase in houseplant sales in recent years. The younger people are becoming more aware of what's in our environment and are seeing a need to getting back to nature. Succulent Plants offer us a positive example of flourishing in very difficult circumstances, reminding us that we are stronger than we realize and even the most arduous situation is not the end of the line. 

During the Pandemic, people are buying more indoor plants rather than buying fancy clothing. The most determined consumers can buy relatively rare plants on Etsy and eBay, where they are rush-shipped in meticulous, temperature-controlled packaging, or they can bid on hard-to-find greenery in auctions that at times top out at more than $1,000. Trading plants is common on Facebook, a practice sometimes likened to swapping Pokémon cards.

"There's almost a competitive element to it, with who has the most unusual plant, who has the most plants. Most houseplant enthusiasts said they had grown their collections by visiting chains and locally owned stores.

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